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Find the Steamboat Yule Log: Here’s Clue No. 6

Eli Pace
epace@steamboattoday.com

The 2021 Yule Log Hunt has begun, and Steamboat Pilot & Today will be posting a clue per day until the log is found.

Clue No. 6

Victim of progress, a sad plight.



Before arrival, what a sight!

Stay the course, don’t derail.



Follow the clues, in detail.

(The log is now physically in its hiding spot)

Clue No. 5

Down below, water flows.

Red and white, a rare sight.

Don’t stay too far, or get off track.

Continue on, toward the stack.

Clue No. 4

Decker, Bird, and Bobbitt too.

Climbed atop, and they flew.

Follow the sun, and the rhyme.

Don’t stop now, there’s not much time.

Clue No. 3

M&E to serpent home.

Past the bridge, the seedy roam.

Follow the riddles, find your pleasure.

Don’t give up, there’s hidden treasure.

Clue No. 2

East or West, toward the flow.

Around the bend, on we go.

A rare gem, line of coal.

Stay the path, reach your goal.

Clue No. 1

Mirko and Lynne, once again.

Found the log, for the win.

On the trail, and by the creek.

Solve the clues — we hide, you seek!

Here are the rules:

• The 2021 Yule Log Hunt begins at the 2020 hiding spot: Fish Creek Bridge at Yampa River Core Trail.

• A new clue will be released each weekday for up to 10 days, unless the log is found sooner.

• The clues will take hunters on a path toward the log’s hiding place but do not describe the actual spot until the final clues of the hunt.

• The log was placed in its hiding spot after clue No. 6.

• When the log is found, the winner should immediately call the Tread of Pioneers Museum at 970-879-2214.

• The log must be brought to the Tread of Pioneers Museum to claim the $150 Steamboat Springs Chamber gift card prize.

• Unless the log is found sooner, the eighth and final clue will be released Dec. 18.


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